Originally posted on Thought Catalog: We all have a certain amount of venom in us. We save it up here and there like a very frugal snake, waiting to release it on the targets we deem acceptable. It accumulates throughout our days, with every slight from a rude stranger in the metro or insult from…

Originally posted on Thought Catalog: Monday, August 2, 1971 A sunny and cloudy day. When I got on campus this morning, I saw Timmy’s unmistakable skinny little figure. After we exchanged greetings, he told me that he left Scott and their friend Morry in Los Angeles and arrived at 1:30 AM today at Kennedy. Timmy…

Originally posted on Thought Catalog: Adam: I had a big fixation on him that lasted all of high school. It happened my first year of college, on leap year, 2004. I’m glad it was him, I was a little drunk so I don’t remember feeling that self-conscious during it, but afterwards I did. It hurt,…

Originally posted on Thought Catalog: Step into my k-hole. Dyatlov Pass Incident Skiers setting up camp Okay, What. The. Hell. Happened?!? A group of experienced Russian hikers disappeared on a skiing trip. Their camp was discovered with tents ripped open from the inside, bodies half dressed (in winter, in Russia) and stained orange and with…

Originally posted on Thought Catalog: 1. There are barely any jobs to begin with, so you have to focus as much as possible on a career to make yourself competitive today (because if you’re not doing it, someone else will). If it means working unpaid internships during the day and server jobs in the evening,…

Originally posted on Thought Catalog: 1. “Hey Ladies” by the Beastie Boys Hey ladies in the place I’m callin’ out to ya, There never was a city kid truer and bluer, There’s more to me than you’ll ever know, And I’ve got more hits than Sadaharu Oh Although this song off of Paul’s Boutique is…